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25 Wim Wenders Films to be Distributed via Agent Salaud Morisset

© 2011 – IFC Wim Wenders Stiftung, the foundation associated with the German director, has sealed a deal with agent Salaud Morisset to handle distribution rights for 25 of his films. The arrangement would include theatrical, festival, and non-commercial rights for all unsold territories around the globe. Commercial rights to his catalog remain with Hanway Films….

Perfect Days : Exclusive Interview with Actor Koji Yakusho and Director Wim Wenders

@Courtesy of Neon Synopsis : Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his…

‘Perfect Days,’ Wim Wenders Makes Poetry Out Of An Ordinary Life

Courtesy of Neon The film directed by the illustrious German filmmaker was presented in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days shows Japan through the eyes of a European, and was nominated for the…

Japanese Actor Koji Yakusho Won Best Actor at Cannes for “Perfect Days” by German Director Wim Wenders

Director Justine Triet’s courtroom drama, “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.  “Anatomy of a Fall” is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for “Titane“ in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme…

Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Todd Haynes, Wes Anderson, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Wim Wenders In Competition – Check Out the Full List

The 2023 competition line-up includes new films from Wes Anderson, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Nanni Moretti and Aki Kaurismäki. In addition, Cannes has packed its out-of-competition screenings with blockbusters, including “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” as well as a new documentary from Oscar winner…

The Asian Film Awards Will Award Koji Yakusho with the Lifetime Achievement

Courtesy of Tokyo Sonata. At the 18th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, veteran Japanese actor Yakusho Koji will receive the esteemed lifetime achievement honor. Yakusho, who won best actor at Cannes in 2023 for Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days“, becomes the third Japanese recipient of the AFA’s highest accolade, following director Yamada Yoji (2008) and…

Sundance Film Festival: ‘LUZ’ is a Visually Hypnotic Tale About Our Disconnected World

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Twelve years after her first-feature film bends, the director Flora Lau brought at the Sundance Film Festival – World Cinema Dramatic Competition – LUZ, another psychological drama set in Chongqing and Paris. The main story follows two completely different people: Wei (Xiadong Guo) is trying to reconnect with the daughter…

Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s ‘Cloud’ To Be Japan’s 2025 Oscar Submission

(C) 2024 Cloud Production Committee.  Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud has been officially selected as Japan’s submission for Best International Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards competition. The film follows the fate of a young man named Yoshi Ryosuke (played by Masaki Suda) who makes a living buying and selling merchandise online using the pseudonym of…

‘Songs of Earth,’ A Nemophilist Vision About Our Bond With Nature

Filmmaker Margreth Olin has brought to life Songs of Earth, about the landscape of her home, Oldedalen, nestled in the river valley in Western Norway. The film’s executive producers are Liv Ullmann and Wim Wenders, who have often expressed their nemophilism and have now helped this lyrical homage to Mother Nature take flight. Songs of Earth is not…

Exclusive Interview With ‘Ripley’ Associate Producer Guja Quaranta

©Courtesy of Netflix, Andrew Scott Guja Quaranta is an experienced producer of film, theatre, television and advertising, who has taken part as associate producer in the limited Showtime/Netflix series Ripley, written, directed and executive produced by Steven Zaillian. The titular character of the show first was introduced by writer Patricia Highsmith in her 1955 novel….